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At the end of 2018, division chief Clare Grason and her entire satellite communications team at the Defense Information Systems Agency moved over to work in the same capacity under Gen. John (“Jay”) Raymond at the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).
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As Blue Origin prepares to start flying people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, the company’s founder says the altitude the vehicle can reach will put it at an advantage over Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo.
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The Indonesian communications satellite that is SpaceX’s primary payload for its second Falcon 9 launch this year overcame a change of manufacturers and the loss of a U.S. Ex-Im Bank loan to reach the launch pad.
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Virgin Galactic scrubbed the Feb. 20 flight test for SpaceShipTwo, the air-launched suborbital spaceplane, due to high winds in Mojave, California. The flight test is now scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22.
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The new chair of the House space subcommittee says she’s looking forward to working with the commercial space industry on a number of issues, including oversight of non-traditional space activities.
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As LeoStella inaugurated the factory that will be used to produce a series of Earth imaging satellites, the joint venture of Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Industries continues to look for other customers.
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· Bid, budgeted, planned, and executed a technical publications program for a new, optionally-piloted air vehicle. Created an action plan and a work breakdown schedule (WBS). Hired and trained staff, set up the authoring and build environment. Set up an earned value management methodology and tracking system.

· Coordinated with engineering departments for the acquisition of source data. Coordinated with Flight Test and Evaluation department for operator source data.

· Directed and implemented software utilities and performed a revamp of an Interactive, Electronic, Technical Manual (IETM) build environment resulting in a 90% reduction in build errors and an increase in customer confidence.

· Formalized and streamlined the IETM build processes for all Unmanned Systems (UMS) programs resulting in build process efficiency increase of 20% and an increase in customer satisfaction from faster turn-around times.

· Implemented an Issues Tracking and Reporting system for all UMS programs. System allows analysis of most common failures, most common reporters of errors, and other training and decision-making data. Decreased user error reports by 60%; used tracking system data to define training opportunities.

· Validated SSR procedures aboard the ship on equipment. Performed peer editing of written content.

· Trained Navy operators and maintenance personnel on utilization and fault isolation of the SSR system.

12/2001 through 12/2003

Program Manager

Technical Documentation Programs, National Technologies Associates

· Sales engineer: Won a $2 million Navy contract to develop wiring diagrams for C-2 Service Life Extension Program, North Island NAS, Coronado, CA.

Duties:

· Managed all technical communications projects for the San Diego branch. Worked on proposal teams. Planned, scheduled, and assigned work. Built teams to perform specialized tasks and adjusted resources on programs as necessary.

· Led an 8-person team in the development of ASD S1000D job guides for a Northrop Grumman UAV (Global hawk). Authored MIL-STD-38784 and ASD S1000D technical manuals and data modules for Global Hawk job guides.

· Built and led a 13-person team in the redraw and update of schematics and functional block diagrams for the C-2 SLEP rewire project.

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